"Exactly so ," said Alice... Then you should say what you mean." the March Hare went on. 'I do' Alice hastily replied 'at least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing you know.' (page 69)
'so I can't take more.' 'You mean you can't take less,' said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take more than nothing." (page 73)
"But im not a serpent, I tell you!" said Alice. I'm a--- I'm a---" "Well! What are you?" said the Pigeon. "I can see you're trying to invent something!" "I--- I'm a little girl,"said Alice, (page 56)
"If you knew Time as well as I do." said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him." (page 71)
Syntax
"Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that i see what I eat is the same thing as I eat what I see!" (page 69)
"You might just as well say" added the March Hare, "That I like what I get is the same thing as I get what I like!" (page 69)
"You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same things as 'I sleep when I breathe'!' (page 69)
"Do cats eat bats?" "Do bats eat cats?" (page 21)
Lexicon
"...and muchness--- you know you say things are 'much of a muchness'..." (page 75)
"What is a Caucus-race?" said Alice; not that she much wanted to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. "Why," said the Dodo, "the best way to explain it is to do it." (page 35)
"It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice (page 42)
"A barrowful will do, to begin with." "A barrowful of what?" thought Alice. But she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of the pebbles hit her in the face. (page 45)
Personification
"Your Hair wants cutting," said the Hatter (page 68)
"when the Queen bawled out, 'He's murdering the time! Off with his head!' " (page 72)
"Hold your tongue, Ma !" said the young Crab, a little snappishly."You're enought to try the patiences of an oyster!" (page 38)
"How queer it seems," Alice said to herself, "to be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!" And se began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: (page 41)
Alliteration
'It was the BEST butter." (page 70)
" 'By-the-bye, what became of the baby?' said the Cat." (page 66)
"I speak serverly to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughy enjoy The pepper when he pleases!" (page 62)
Assonance
" 'Did you say 'pig', or 'fig'?' said the Cat." (page 66)
"Fury said to a mouse, that he met in the house, 'let us both go to law: I will prosecute you--- Come, I'll take no denial: We must have the trial; For really this morning I have nothing to do. Said the mouse to the cur, 'Such a trial, dear sir. With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.' 'I'll be jury,' said cunning old Fury; 'I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death'." (page 37)
"Once apon a time there were three little sisters," the Dormouse began in a great hurry; "and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well---" (page 73)
Repetition
Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle (page 72)
"No room, no room." (page 68)
Down, Down, Down. Would the fall never come to an end? (page 20)
Pun
The King looked anxiously at the Whtie Rabbit, who said in a low voice, "Your Majesty must cross-examine this witness." "Well if I must, I must," the King said with a melncholy air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cock till his eyes were nearly ut of sight, he said in a deep voice, "What are tarts made of?" "Pepper, mostly," said the cook. "Teacle," said a sleepy voice behind her. (page 108)
"Nothing can be clearer than that. Then again- 'before she had this fit'- you never had fits, my dear, I think?" he said to the Queen. "Then the words dont fit you," said the king. looking round the court with a smile. There was a dead silence. "It's a pun!" the King added in an angry tone, and everybody laughed. (page 115)
"Mine is a long and a sad tale,' said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. 'It is a long tail, certainly,' said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; `but why do you call it sad?" (page 37)
"Im glad I've seen that done," thought Alice "I've so often read in teh newspapers, at the end of trials, 'There was some attempt at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court, ' and I never understood what it meant till now." (page 107)
"we went to school in the sea. The master was an old turtle - we use to call him Tortoise----" "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasnt one?" Alice asked. "We call him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily. (page 91)
Diction
- "Exactly so ," said Alice... Then you should say what you mean." the March Hare went on. 'I do' Alice hastily replied 'at least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing you know.' (page 69)
- 'so I can't take more.' 'You mean you can't take less,' said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take more than nothing." (page 73)
- "But im not a serpent, I tell you!" said Alice. I'm a--- I'm a---" "Well! What are you?" said the Pigeon. "I can see you're trying to invent something!" "I--- I'm a little girl,"said Alice, (page 56)
- "If you knew Time as well as I do." said the Hatter, "you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him." (page 71)
Syntax- "Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that i see what I eat is the same thing as I eat what I see!" (page 69)
- "You might just as well say" added the March Hare, "That I like what I get is the same thing as I get what I like!" (page 69)
- "You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same things as 'I sleep when I breathe'!' (page 69)
- "Do cats eat bats?" "Do bats eat cats?" (page 21)
Lexicon- "...and muchness--- you know you say things are 'much of a muchness'..." (page 75)
- "What is a Caucus-race?" said Alice; not that she much wanted to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. "Why," said the Dodo, "the best way to explain it is to do it." (page 35)
- "It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice (page 42)
- "A barrowful will do, to begin with." "A barrowful of what?" thought Alice. But she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of the pebbles hit her in the face. (page 45)
Personification- "Your Hair wants cutting," said the Hatter (page 68)
- "when the Queen bawled out, 'He's murdering the time! Off with his head!' " (page 72)
- "Hold your tongue, Ma !" said the young Crab, a little snappishly."You're enought to try the patiences of an oyster!" (page 38)
- "How queer it seems," Alice said to herself, "to be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!" And se began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: (page 41)
Alliteration- 'It was the BEST butter." (page 70)
- " 'By-the-bye, what became of the baby?' said the Cat." (page 66)
- "I speak serverly to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughy enjoy The pepper when he pleases!" (page 62)
Assonance- " 'Did you say 'pig', or 'fig'?' said the Cat." (page 66)
- "Fury said to a mouse, that he met in the house, 'let us both go to law: I will prosecute you--- Come, I'll take no denial: We must have the trial; For really this morning I have nothing to do. Said the mouse to the cur, 'Such a trial, dear sir. With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.' 'I'll be jury,' said cunning old Fury; 'I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death'." (page 37)
- "Once apon a time there were three little sisters," the Dormouse began in a great hurry; "and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well---" (page 73)
Repetition- Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle (page 72)
- "No room, no room." (page 68)
- Down, Down, Down. Would the fall never come to an end? (page 20)
Pun